jake has his mouth shut: act i

road trip, pt. 3

it was the morning of day 3. after me and mei woke up to eat breakfast and check out of the hotel, because we're moving on to the next city, san diego! i'm quite excited.

but right before we left the hotel, 3 guys, all around my height and what seemed to be my age approached me.

"you're jake anderson, right?" one of them said.

"umm, yeah, i am." i said nervously.

"i told y'all it was him! listen, we loved your song last night at the open mic. and we heard your youtube demos!" he said back.

"oh, you did? thats a nice surprise!" i said, now relieved and excited.

"we thought you might need a band, and we all play instruments, and we thought we could possibly persuade you to let us work with you." first guy said.

"hmm, sure then. put your numbers in my phone." i said.

i handed the phone to the first guy, and asked: "what's your name?"

he said: "my name is stanley."

asked the same question to the other guys, and they replied with luke and marcus.

"alright, great. and you're based in what state?" i asked.

"we all live in richmond, its in virginia." luke said.

"oh hell yeah, me too!" i answered to him. "well, i'll add y'all to a group chat later!"

"alright, it was great meeting you!" they replied.

"did.. did you just get a band?" mei asked. 

"i think i just did." i said back.

"well at least you have a full project to sign to recall with, if you get accepted, that is." molly said, laughing.

"yeah, but what the fuck do i call it?" i said.

"call it jake and the gorillas or something. i don't know." molly replied.

"what? no, i'm not calling my band the gorillas! that's taken!" i replied.

"oh yeah, true.." molly said.

"didn't you have a band in middle school that was like project nevermind? why don't you reuse that?" mei asked.

"ooh, good idea!" molly said.

"hmm, i guess that could be good.. fuck it. it's gonna be that." i said back, smiling.

we got into molly's car and our snack supply has not even had a dent put in it. 'what the fuck? how did we buy so much?' i thought to myself.

anyway, we got into the car, and started our 8 hour drive to san diego from san francisco. in the meantime, i decided to create the groupchat with the guys i met. 

*you created groupchat: project nevermind*

you: hey guys, it's jake.
stanley: oh hell yeah!! i forgot we didn't get your number yet lol
luke: is project nevermind our band name?
you: yeah, it is. do you guys like it?
luke: mhm, it's great.
stanley: i agree
marcus: oh shit i was asleep. didn't know this happened.
you: at this hour??
marcus: listen, a guy's gotta sleep, alright?

i let the 3 go do their own things, while i saw mei was sleeping, and i held her hand. she barely got sleep last night. 

"seems like she's tired huh?" molly said. 

"yeah, she didn't sleep much last night." i replied.

"hm, i see. well, let her sleep." she said, and took a call from our aforementioned ronnie.

i put mei's head on my shoulder, seeing as she slightly smiled. hm.

"you're not actually sleeping huh?" i said.

"goddammit! i thought i had it." mei burst out with laughter.

"the moment you smiled i knew something was up! you can't get me." i said, and kissed her.

the three of us were talking for the next few hours.

after a long ass drive, we finally got to san diego.

and this day was supposed to be the second biggest surprise. because today, i'm going to see my favorite band: the levitations. fuck yeah.

"you ready for the show tonight?" molly asked me. 

"hell yeah i am. this is the first concert i've ever been to!" i replied excitedly. 

"oh wow, really? that's cool. but make sure you bring earplugs." molly told me.

"oh, why?" i asked.

"well, concerts can get very loud. so it's always best to have them in your ears." she said back.

"ah, i see. where's mei?" i asked.

"in the room already. she was actually tired, so i gave her the room key." she said. 

"what's our room?" i asked again.

"it's 110. here's your key." she told me.

i went up to the room, only to find mei sleeping. she's adorable. 

seeing her in this relaxed state is amazing. i went up and cuddled right next to her.

after a few hours, she woke me up.

"goodmorning, sleepyhead." she spoke softly and kissed my forehead.

"goodmorning..." i said back, smiling.

"the concert starts in 2 hours, better get up, my love." she told me and got up from the bed.

"oh, does it? alright then, i'll get up.." i said back, stretching my arms and legs.

after getting ready, we met molly in the hotel lobby.

"hey, you two. you do know we're going backstage tonight, right?" she said.

"wait.. WHAT? HOW WAS I SUPPOSED TO KNOW?" i said, excitedly.

"well, we're gonna go backstage. i can see you're excited, jake." molly said.

"FUCK YES I AM!" i said with a big ol' grin on my face.

we drove to the venue, and got to our vip seats. i was incredibly excited. 

"good evening, san diego!" said kevin rhoades, frontman of the levitations. i was so excited.

they started off strong with a cover of led zeppelin's 'heartbreaker', and they did all my favorite songs by them. my favorite thing they did on here had to have been 'the broken dam', which is my favorite song by them. it's an instrumental, 10 minute epic. 

after the show was over, we went backstage, and i went to meet the band. 

"hello, my name's jake anderson." i had to try and not stutter.

"wait, jake anderson? like, the dude who wrote needles? dude, that demo you did was insane!" he said.

i was in shock and i tried not to scream. "well, t-thank you! i really appreciate it! may i take a photo?" 

"of course!" he replied, and we took a photo.

"what the FUCK just happened?? he knows me?" i said, still in a shock. 

"apparently, yes." mei said. "i'm very happy this happened to you, darling!"

after that, we all returned back to the hotel, and went up to our room.

i'll try to write tomorrow if there's something interesting. i mean, we're going to disneyland in 2 days and stuff, but i don't know if i'll write. might just summarize in the end of the trip.